On a recent escape this dreary season, we headed up the Hudson River Valley to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. (We went to use their wonderful library.) An informative display of antique marzipan molds in Roth Hall was an unexpected treat. Their Apple Pie Bakery Café is an ideal place for [...]
Entries from March 2010
Side Trip to the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe
March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Professional Baking
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Farm Markets Help Bakeries Bloom
March 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Professional Baking
Farmers markets are some of the tastiest places on earth especially for lovers of all things baked. Established bakeries, like Meriano’s Bake Shoppe, sell at farm markets in Connecticut because they want to support local producers and expand their market. (Here are boxes of their Vienna Cookies we tasted at a farmers market this weekend. [...]
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Saint Patrick’s Day Cookie? Why not?
March 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Recipes
With Saint Patrick’s Day on the horizon, we got to thinking about all things green. Pistachio Paste came to mind and our favorite Pistachio Harlequin Cookies. (These are made with the same dough used to make the Pistachio Schoolboy Cookies.) If piping cookies seems like too much fuss, here’s a closer look at how we [...]
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FROM OUR RECIPE BOX – Pistachio Schoolboy Cookies
March 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Recipes
We’re addicted to a wonderful cookie called Petit Écolier, (Little Schoolboy) made a company called LU. It’s a thick rectangle of milk or bittersweet chocolate sitting atop a not-too-sweet butter cookie. Our version of this cookie is no after-school snack but a sophisticated treat that happens to be easy to make. We’re using a buttery [...]
